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Have you ever wished that there was more Seinfeld, except visualized as a 1990s PC point-and-click game, and with completely nonsensical AI-generated everything? No? Well, that's too bad, because that's exactly what you get with "Nothing, Forever," an endless Twitch stream of exactly what we just described.
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We often report on phishing campaigns involving fraudulent customer support agents who trick victims into giving up sensitive information or installing malware on their systems. However, sometimes threat actors flip this script, instead posing as customers in need of help in order to prey on customer support agents...
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Microsoft's DirectStorage is based on development done for the "Velocity Architecture" in the Xbox Series family of consoles. The intention is to drastically improve performance under a "sustained random" I/O workload such as that used by a game streaming assets. Forspoken is the first video game to support...
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The big game is rapidly approaching. Time is short, but if you still need a new TV for your party, LG has some great deals on its beautiful C2 OLED TV line! A whole bevy of sizes and bundles await you for this beautiful display!
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Coming in sizes ranging from 42 inches to a massive 83...
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Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon 8000 CPU socket, but this is understandable given that the new socket has 61% more pins.
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Netflix has decided to give those subscribed to its Premium plan an immersive gift ahead of Valentine's Day. The popular streaming platform is adding Netflix spatial audio to the plan, allowing viewers to listen to their favorite shows in the highest quality sound experience available.
While shows such as Stranger...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) shared an image of a spiral galaxy a little over a billion light-years from Earth captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648 is located in the constellation Hercules.
JWST has been capturing deep space in awe-inspiring fashion since its launch in...
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Subscribers to Sony's PlayStation Plus service are about to lose access to games like The Last of Us Remastered, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and Mortal Kombat X, along with more than a dozen other titles. That's because Sony is getting ready to pull its catalog of PlayStation Plus Collection games from the...
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If you're looking to stretch your bucks for the most bang, the smart money is usually on staying a generation behind—that's often where the real value proposition lies. The trade off, of course, is you miss out on the latest and greatest features available. But if you don't need to live on the cutting edge, staying a...
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NASA is scouring engineering data taken by the orbiter's JunoCam in order to understand why the majority of images from the spacecraft were not acquired. The missing data is from Juno's most recent flyby of Jupiter on January 22, 2023.
The Juno spacecraft began its journey toward Jupiter back in August 2011. After...
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Like a lot of enthusiasts, your author here upgraded his Socket AM4 Ryzen gaming system to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D when those chips came out. Because of that processor's explosive gaming performance, AMD's Zen 4 CPUs, while extremely quick in their own right, weren't as compelling to some gamers. That's likely about to...
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Game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has been having quite a troubled time in the last few years. The launch of Battlefield 2042 was met with a less-than-enthusiastic response from fans, prompting the company and significant development subsidiary, DICE, to issue a public response. In turn, EA has decided...
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The purported tech specs of AMD’s A620 entry-level chipset for Ryzen 7000 series CPUs have been charted by Twitter leakster Chi11eddog. We all expected the step-down from B650 to be significant, but with the slashing of PCIe 5 support and removal of CPU overclocking functionality, AMD will have cut the feature set too...
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Yes, it’s that time of year again. Today at its Galaxy Unveiled event in San Francisco, Samsung launched its newest flagships – the Galaxy S23 Ultra, S23+, and S23 – and I was able to briefly spend time with each phone. Here’s the TL;DR: the S23 series is an evolution of the S22 series, packing...
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With today's Samsung Unpacked 2023 event, the company announces its Galaxy Book3 series of laptops in addition to the Galaxy S23 family of smartphones. The latest flagship PC lineup includes the Galaxy Book3 Ultra, Book3 Pro 360, and a 14" and 16" Book3 Pro. Samsung touts its newcomers to the mobile device space as...
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You're going to see a lot of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in 2023. This chip will be at the heart of most flagship Android devices, delivering the latest wireless connectivity and the highest performance short of Apple's custom silicon. However, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 inside the just-announced Galaxy S23 family is something...
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Samsung T7 Shield External SSD - Starting At $99 (1TB), $409 (4TB) The Samsung T7 Shield is a compact, rugged, and reliable external USB-C SSD, with decent performance and competitive pricing. Small Form Factor Rugged, IP68 Rated Strong Compatibility Reliable And Consistent High Capacity Sequentials Trail...
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Intel’s Arc A770 and A750 GPUs have been on the market now for over three months. The cards have faced an uphill battle from fierce GPU competition, but with several major driver and software updates released, Intel says it is time to check back in.
Intel Arc Alchemist launch buildup generated more buzz than most...
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Scams in some form or another have been around for ages, and certainly through the majority of the computer era. They employ different rouses and have different goals, but one thing that binds many of them is they rely on victims letting their guard down. One that is making the rounds right now hopes to achieve this...
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During an earnings call with analysts, AMD CEO Dr. Su noted, "We remain very bullish about our data center business," and it's easy to see why. Just days after rival Intel posted a brutal earnings report in which it suffered one of its biggest quarterly losses in history and a 20 percent drop in full-year revenue, AMD...
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We take them for granted, but modern computers are absolutely amazing. Have you ever considered how much work must have gone into making sure that you can have a half-dozen displays connected to one system, with varying DPI and refresh rates, displaying all different applications running concurrently on a single...
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The password manager KeePass is currently the subject of a debate concerning whether or not a particular design decision should be considered a security vulnerability. At the center of this debate is KeePass’ support of triggers, one of which exports users’ password databases. Threat actors could potentially leverage...
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